How Russia slammed its ouster from UN Human Rights Council as ‘illegal’
Published on Apr 08, 2022 10:31 am IST
The UN General Assembly voted Thursday to suspend Russia from the global body's Human Rights Council as punishment for its invasion of Ukraine. The high-profile rebuke of Moscow marked only the second ever suspension of a country from the council -- Libya was the first, in 2011. Russia swiftly rejected the suspension, with its foreign ministry blasting the move as "illegal and politically motivated, aimed at ostentatiously punishing a sovereign UN member state that pursues an independent domestic and foreign policy." Watch the video for more.
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